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Greed Has a Dinner Party

Greed Has a Dinner Party Evil seething greed sits down to dinner with his guests. He serves them humungous helpings of hubris for an appetizer to set the mood of the evening. For the main course, he mesmerizes them with tales of his ambition and success and piles them on his own plate, yet he serves the guests-somewhat less. He explains they must be more like him to get even more. He assures them that they have the makings to be just like him. Dessert is of course licentiously sweet self-serving compliments for all and the promise that if they took everything they wanted in life, without concern for anyone but themselves, they would be most efficacious. After dinner, he says goodbye. Then he grins as they pass by the urn containing Icarus’s ashes on their way out the door.

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Date: 10/17/2019 6:40:00 PM
This was very powerful. Ann
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